James R. Fitterling Vice President Corporate Development

J. R. (Jim) Fitterling is vice president, Corporate Development, The Dow Chemical Company, Midland, Michigan. He is a member of the Executive Leadership Committee, the Management Committee and the Strategy Board of Dow.

Fitterling joined Dow in 1984. After serving in a variety of Sales, Marketing and Supply Chain positions in Liquid Separations, he was named commercial director for Liquid Separations, Dow Pacific in 1994. He was appointed global business director for Liquid Separations and president and CEO of FilmTec Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of The Dow Chemical Company in 1998.

In 2000, he was named general manager for Dow Thailand and managing director for SCC-Dow Group of joint venture companies.

In 2002, he was named CEO of The OPTIMAL Group, affiliates of Petroliam Nasional Berhad (PETRONAS), Malaysia's state-owned oil corporation and The Dow Chemical Company. He added responsibility for the Southeast Asia and Australia region in February 2004.

He also served as the vice president of the Malaysian International Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MICCI) and was the Dow representative to U.S. ASEAN Business Council.

Fitterling was named business vice president for Polyethylene in December 2005. He was named President, Basic Plastics in March 2007 and was appointed to his current position in April 2009.

Fitterling also serves as Chairman of the Board of Directors of Univation Technologies LLC and President of the Midland Country Club Board of Directors.

Fitterling earned a Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Missouri - Columbia.

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